The R2 Standard is the leading certification for electronics repair and reuse. As the housing body for R2, SERI maintains the R2 Standard, related documentation, guidance, and facilitates its ongoing development.

SERI works with partners throughout the lifecycle of electronic products to ensure that they are managed responsibly. SERI's programs focus on education, outreach, safety, and international development.

SERI offers a variety of educational and training opportunities for recyclers, as well as opportunities for auditors and consultants. These trainings focus on implementing the R2 Standard, realizing a return on the investment in certification, discussing relevant issues or challenges related to recycling practices, and other topics.

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Advisories are changes made by SERI to the Code of Practices (COP) to change the meaning, application, and/or intent of a requirement relating to the R2 Certification process. A COP Advisory is auditable by both the R2 Accreditation Body and SERI. SERI will soon be releasing new advisories regarding the following issues:

Q. We use a data sanitization software to sanitize mobile phones. For the validation, we have another department that reviews the report for each wiped phone. The report indicates that the wipe has been completed and the phone has passed testing. Does this meet the requirement for validation of the sanitization process?

As SERI’s new Executive Director, I would like to thank John Lingelbach for his vision and leadership in establishing SERI and the R2 certification program. John has laid a strong foundation on which I am eager to build. I would also like to thank the many people who have called and sent messages wishing me well in my new role. SERI’s Board of Directors has established an ambitious strategic plan that I look forward to implementing.

Sims Recycling Solutions recently earned the distinction of becoming the first electronics recycling facility on the continent of Africa to achieve R2 certification. The R2 certified site is in Ballito, South Africa.

SERI is pleased to announce the appointment of Corey Dehmey as Executive Director of SERI. Corey succeeds John Lingelbach who helped to create the R2 standard and has led the oversight of this standard since its inception.

To keep up with the growing number of R2 certified facilities, SERI has hired Katrina Davies to fill the new part-time position of Administrative Manager. Katrina has assumed responsibility for all licensing and invoice related duties and questions, and will be taking over a variety of other administrative functions in the coming months.

Prior to joining SERI, Katrina served as a computer instructor at a business school, a hospital program coordinator, and a church administrator. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Eastern University.

A reminder that the R2 License fee will be increasing as previously announced in the April Newsletter. Standard licenses will increase from $1500 to $2000, non-profit licenses will increase from $1000 to $1250, and the cap for companies operating multiple facilities will increase from $15,000 to $20,000. The change will take effect on all invoices scheduled to go out on or after July 1, 2018.

SERI has released new guidance to assist R2 Certified recyclers and auditors to determine whether shipments into Hong Kong are legal. Import/Export regulations can be difficult to understand. The legality of import often changes based on the type of equipment, its level of functionality, any components or characteristics deemed hazardous, the originating and destination country, and other variables. While this guidance sets forth presumptions for compliance by R2 Certified recyclers, other conclusions could be legal depending on the variables.

When a certifying body (CB) issues a new or revised R2 certificate, a copy is provided to SERI so that the change can be entered in the SERI database and updated on the website directory of R2 recyclers. Inaccuracies or discrepancies on the certificate can cause a delay in updating the database and website directory. In such cases, SERI notifies the CB so the issue can be corrected. To ensure the accuracy and integrity of the R2 Recycler Directory, it is SERI’s policy to update the website directory only after certificate issues have been resolved.

The R2 Standard is the leading certification for electronics repair and reuse. As the housing body for R2, SERI maintains the R2 Standard, related documentation, guidance, and facilitates its ongoing development.

SERI works with partners throughout the lifecycle of electronic products to ensure that they are managed responsibly. SERI's programs focus on education, outreach, safety, and international development.

SERI offers a variety of educational and training opportunities for recyclers, as well as opportunities for auditors and consultants. These trainings focus on implementing the R2 Standard, realizing a return on the investment in certification, discussing relevant issues or challenges related to recycling practices, and other topics.